http://www.scribd.com/people/view/16021-stephen-sills This a feed for documents on Scribd written by StephenSills 30 Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:49:16 GMT Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:49:16 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5054368/Syllabus-Soc-344-Fall-08-Sills Sociology 344 Global Society Dr. Stephen Sills sjsills@uncg.edu 344-01 Global Society (3:3) GE Marker: GL Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: M W 1000-1200 Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Location: GRAM 302 Class Times: T R 1100 - 1215 Required Texts: Steger, Manfred. (2003) Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, USA. Eitzen, D. Stanley and Baca Zinn, Maxine (2006) Globalization: the transformation of Social Worlds Thomson/Wadsworth, USA. Much of this course addresses the topic of “globalization” and falls under the subheading of “global sociology. Tue, 26 Aug 2008 00:49:16 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5054368/Syllabus-Soc-344-Fall-08-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/5051285/Sociology-301-syllabus-Fall-2008-FINAL Sociology 301 Introduction to Methods and Research Dr. Stephen Sills sjsills@uncg.edu SOC 301 02 WI Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: M W 9:00-12:00 Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Location: GRAM 203 Class Times: T R 2:00 -3:15 Required Texts: Earl R. Babbie The Basics of Social Research Thomson-Wadsworth 4th Edition ©2008 William M.K. Trochim 2006 Research Methods Knowledge Base http://www.socialresearchmethods. net/kb/contents.htm Catalog Course Description: SOC 301 Introduction to Methods and Research (3:3). Pr. 101 and one additional sociology course; or permission of i Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:06:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/5051285/Sociology-301-syllabus-Fall-2008-FINAL http://www.scribd.com/doc/4969233/Sociology-301-syllabus-Fall-2008 Sociology 301 Introduction to Methods and Research Dr. Stephen Sills sjsills@uncg.edu SOC 301 02 WI Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: M W 9:00-12:00 Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Location: GRAM 424 Class Times: T R 2:00 -3:30 Required Texts: Earl R. Babbie The Basics of Social Research Thomson-Wadsworth 4th Edition ©2008 William M.K. Trochim 2006 Research Methods Knowledge Base http://www.socialresearchmethods. net/kb/contents.htm Catalog Course Description: SOC 301 Introduction to Methods and Research (3:3). Pr. 101 and one additional sociology course; or permission of i Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:21:08 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4969233/Sociology-301-syllabus-Fall-2008 http://www.scribd.com/doc/4967985/Syllabus-Soc-202-Fall-08-Sills Social Problems in Global Context Soc 202 Social Problems in Global Context GE Core: GSB GE Marker: GL Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: M W 9:00-12:00 Class Times: T R 9:30-10:45 Required Text: Sernau, Scott (2005) "Global Problems: the Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability.” Pearson Education Course Description: This course examines causes of and responses to critical social problems in different world regions with a focus on the dimensions and impacts of globalization. This course is designed to introduce you to the basic concepts tha Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:46:01 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4967985/Syllabus-Soc-202-Fall-08-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/4245182/Disparities-in-Rental-Housing-Final-Sills-072308 Disparities in Rental Housing among Hispanics, African Americans and whites: A Paired Testing Study Stephen J. Sills Elizabeth A. Blake Department of Sociology 320 Graham Building PO Box 26170 University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC 27402-6170 sjsills@uncg.edu Funding for this study was provided by the City of Greensboro Department of Housing and Community Development and the Human Relations Department as well as the UNCG Office of Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships INTRODUCTION Forty years ago, the Fair Housing Act of 1968 became law, but despite some improve Tue, 29 Jul 2008 15:29:55 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/4245182/Disparities-in-Rental-Housing-Final-Sills-072308 http://www.scribd.com/doc/3819638/DIH-Project-Final-Report-070308   DISCRIMINATION IN IMMIGRANT HOUSING:   A Pilot Paired‐Testing Project in Greensboro, NC                            Stephen J. Sills, PhD, Principal Investigator  Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro      Elizabeth A. Blake, Research Assistant  Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro                      Preparation of this report was financed through funds provided by the City of Greensboro  Department of Housing and Community Development and the Human Relations Department as  well as the UNCG Office of Research and Public/Private Se Fri, 04 Jul 2008 17:39:27 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/3819638/DIH-Project-Final-Report-070308 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280725/Survey-results Respondents were asked to indicate which three Asian languages they would be most interested in studying. By far the top choice, expressed both in total number of responses as well as first choice, was Japanese (347 responses or 15.93% of all valid responses indicating Japanese as a first choice; 592 or 27.18% indicating Japanese as a first, second, or third choice). This was followed by Mandarin (161 responses or 7.39% of all valid responses indicating Mandarin as a first choice; 455 or 20.89% indicating Mandarin as a first, second, or third choice), and Hindi (89 responses or 4.09% of all va Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:22:08 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280725/Survey-results http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280655/NC-Research-Symposium-Draft-Sills-edits-111607-NEW A Visual Analysis of North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities Faculty Mentor: Dr. Stephen J. Sills Jennifer Horton Sociology Department 2007 State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS) Saturday November 17, 2007 *Images. They are so compelling that we cannot not watch them. They are so seductive that they have revolutionized human social communication. Oral and written communication are in decline because a new form of communication, communication by image, has emerged. Power of Images: Creating the Myths of Our Time By J. Francis Davis Recent Greensbo Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:09:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280655/NC-Research-Symposium-Draft-Sills-edits-111607-NEW http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280637/Presentation-2 Title: Submission Type: Authors: Discrimination in Immigrant Rental Housing: A PairedTesting Study Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Blake, Elizabeth A. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Nearly fifty years after “Jim Crow” laws were abolished, residential segregation is still \a contemporary social problem. The 1968 Fair Housing Act and subsequent amendments were passed to eliminate barrier to full racial/ethnic integration. With the influx of large numbers of non-European immigrants, issues of residential isolation and segregation have taken on new Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:05:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280637/Presentation-2 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280636/Presentation-3 Title: Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The Development of Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan. Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Chowthi, Natassaja (University of North Carolina Greensboro) In the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) of Taiwan, Filipino guest workers experience a high degree of exclusion and segregation. Governmental policies reinforce the public sentiments of ethnocentrism, nationalism, and xenophobia by intentionally restricting migrant incorporation and integration into the broader society. As a result, Filipino facto Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:04:59 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280636/Presentation-3 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280635/Presentation-4 Title: Submission Type: Authors: Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country of roughly 55 million people. Following its independence from the UK in 1948 it has been in an almost continuous state of civil war. The country maintained a brief democratic government (1948 – 1962). Since 1962, there have been a series of rulers to take power in military coups leaving peaceful protestors dead, the main university closed for two years, and the populace fearful of Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:04:58 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280635/Presentation-4 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280623/Presentation-1 Title: Visualizing the Triad's Immigrant Community: A Visual Content Analysis Submission Type: Paper Authors: Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Horton, Jennifer E. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Abstract: The debate over immigration and immigration reform has been shaped by the media's portal of immigrants. This portrayal has often reified popular stereotypes leading to misconceptions of who migrants are and why they are here. This presentation will focus on preliminary findings from an ongoing visual content analysis of images of immigrants found in the Gr Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:01:41 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280623/Presentation-1 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280606/Visualizing Add/Edit Presentation http://meetingsavvy.com/sss/presentation.aspx?X=Ps4C5bujrLs%3d Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Title: Submission Type: Authors: Visualizing the Triad's Immigrant Community: A Visual Content Analysis Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Horton, Jennifer E. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) The debate over immigration and immigration reform has been shaped by the media's portal of immigrants. This portrayal has often reified popular stereotypes leading to misconception Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:57:21 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280606/Visualizing http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280604/interethnic Add/Edit Presentation http://meetingsavvy.com/sss/presentation.aspx?X=Ps4C5bujrLs%3d Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Title: Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The Development of Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan. Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Chowthi, Natassaja (University of North Carolina Greensboro) In the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) of Taiwan, Filipino guest workers experience a high degree of exclusion and segregation. Governmental policies reinforce th Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:57:20 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280604/interethnic http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280605/Virtual Add/Edit Presentation http://meetingsavvy.com/sss/presentation.aspx?X=Ps4C5bujrLs%3d Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Title: Submission Type: Authors: Abstract: Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Myanmar is a Southeast Asian country of roughly 55 million people. Following its independence from the UK in 1948 it has been in an almost continuous state of civil war. The country maintained a brief democratic government (194 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:57:20 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280605/Virtual http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280473/World-Relief-community-grant-Sills-11507 A Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina Refugee Resettlement Services Team member information UNCG Faculty Stephen J. Sills; Assistant Professor; Sociology Department; 320 Frank Porter Graham Building; 336334-5295 or 336-404-4932; sjsills@uncg.edu . Dr. Stephen J. Sills (CV Attached) is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology. He teaches Research Methods (Soc 301 & Soc 616), Global Social Problems (Soc 202/IGS 233), Global Society (Soc 344/ IGS333), and Global Identity (HSS 208). Formerly he was director of Evaluation Research at the Center for Urban Studies at Wayne St Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:26:32 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280473/World-Relief-community-grant-Sills-11507 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280453/Presentation-3 Add/Edit Presentation http://meetingsavvy.com/sss/presentation.aspx?X=Ps4C5bujrLs%3d Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Title: Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The Development of Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan. Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Chowthi, Natassaja (University of North Carolina Greensboro) In the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) of Taiwan, Filipino guest workers experience a high degree of exclusion and segregation. Governmental policies reinforce th Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:21:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280453/Presentation-3 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280452/Presentation-2 Add/Edit Presentation http://meetingsavvy.com/sss/presentation.aspx?X=Ps4C5bujrLs%3d Generated by Foxit PDF Creator © Foxit Software http://www.foxitsoftware.com For evaluation only. Title: Submission Type: Authors: Discrimination in Immigrant Rental Housing: A Paired-Testing Study Paper Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Blake, Elizabeth A. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Nearly fifty years after “Jim Crow” laws were abolished, residential segregation is still \a contemporary social problem. The 1968 Fair Housing Act and subsequent amendments were pa Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:21:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280452/Presentation-2 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280448/Sills-Summer-2007-Proposed-Research-Project-internal2 APPLICATION for New Faculty Research Grants, Regular Faculty Research Grants, and Summer Excellence Research Grants COVER PAGE Title of Project: A new age for Rosie the riveter: Filipina factory workers in Taiwan Principal Investigator: Stephen J. Sills Work Telephone: 4-3696 (cell 336 404-4932) Dept: Sociology E-mail address: sjsills@uncg.edu Campus Address: 320 Graham Building Date of appointment to UNCG faculty: Aug 2006 Current rank: Assistant Professor Type of Application? [ ] New Faculty [ ] Regular Faculty [X] Summer Excellence Amount of funding requested? $5000 ($4000 stipend $1000 K Fri, 14 Mar 2008 19:20:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280448/Sills-Summer-2007-Proposed-Research-Project-internal2 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280334/SSSP-Discrimination-in-Immigrant-Rental-Housing-research-brief Barriers to Incorporation: Discrimination in Immigrant Rental Housing Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Blake, Elizabeth A. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Abstract: Nearly fifty years after "Jim Crow" laws were abolished, residential segregation is still a contemporary social problem. The 1968 Fair Housing Act and subsequent amendments were passed to eliminate barrier to full racial/ethnic integration. With the influx of large numbers of non-European immigrants, issues of residential isolation and segregation have taken on new significance. Audit studies ha Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:44:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280334/SSSP-Discrimination-in-Immigrant-Rental-Housing-research-brief http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280335/SSSP-Virtual-Uprising-brief-Sills Virtual Protesting: Burmese Bloggers and the Rights Movement in Myanmar Sills, Stephen J. (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Abstract: The proposed paper will report findings from an ongoing study and will incorporate findings from the content analysis of websites and blogs as well as personal interviews with Burmese activists. Since the late 1990s, human rights activists and political dissidents in Myanmar have relied on the internet as a means to carry their protest to the world. In the recent uprisings, bloggers in Rangoon became the source for many news reports and acted as de facto Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:44:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280335/SSSP-Virtual-Uprising-brief-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280333/SSSP-A-Comprehensive-Understanding-of-the-Development-of-Transnational-Identity-among-Migrants-Sills A Comprehensive Understanding of the Development of Transnational Identity among Migrants: the Role of Context Sills, Stephen J., PhD (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Clapp, Joyce. MA Candidate (University of North Carolina Greensboro) Nasser, Samra PhD Candidate (Wayne State University) Abstract: This paper will draw upon the lessons of four ethnographic research projects that investigated transnational communities including: undocumented Mexican migrants in the Phoenix, AZ (1999-2000), Filipino labor migrants in Kaohsiung, Taiwan (2003 and 2006), Yemeni immigrants in Dearborn, MI (2 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:44:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2280333/SSSP-A-Comprehensive-Understanding-of-the-Development-of-Transnational-Identity-among-Migrants-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279903/Virtual-Uprising *Background *This is Burma… Images by Rowan Weinneger Used with Permission © 2007 *2007/2008 UN Human Development Report Population Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2005 Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-2005 Population, total (thousands), 2004 Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-05 Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 2005 Technology: diffusion and creation Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 1990 Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 2005 Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 1990 Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:07:31 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279903/Virtual-Uprising http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279801/Introduction-to-Myanmar-1360s Introduction What is documentary "supposed to do"? In the reformist version, it's supposed to dig deep, get at what Robert E. Park (a sociologist who had worked as a journalist for daily papers in Minneapolis, Denver, Detroit, Chicago and New York) called the Big News, be "concerned" about society, play an active role in social change, be socially responsible, worry about its effects on the society in which its work is distributed. - Howard Becker 1994 Similar to the gritty Farm Security Administration work of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans, with the documentary realism of Henri Cartier-Bress Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:41:54 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279801/Introduction-to-Myanmar-1360s http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279744/Social-Mobility-Final Social Mobility In a stratified society, social mobility refers to the increase or decrease of the class or status of individuals or groups. This movement requires an open class system or social structure that provides opportunities for changing one’s relative position in the society. In America, the system of advancement is perceived to be that of a meritocracy, in which abilities or achievements determine mobility. Social mobility may be measured in changes in income or occupational prestige. Movement between classes may be measured within one person’s life course (intragenerational mobi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:35:18 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279744/Social-Mobility-Final http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279694/Visual-Studies 0 Authors Queries Journal: Visual Studies Paper: 265565 Title: 55 5 Dear Author During the preparation of your manuscript for publication, the questions listed below have arisen. Please attend to these matters and return this form with your proof. Many thanks for your assistance 60 10 65 Query Reference 1 15 2 3 Query Remarks Sword fighting? ‘to ask’? Does ibid refer to the same page number— 364? If so, replace with ‘364’ Do you mean ‘see’? City of publication? Price? 80 75 70 20 4 5 6 25 30 85 35 90 40 95 45 100 50 105 Visual Studies vst131994.3d 27/9/07 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:30:32 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279694/Visual-Studies http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279692/dissertation TRANSNATIONALIZING THE SELF: MARGINALIZED FILIPINO LABOR MIGRANTS IN TAIWAN by Stephen J. Sills A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY May 2004 *ABSTRACT Starting from the point of view of the migrant, this study attempts to document the everyday experience of labor migrants and to analyze the transition that the laborers experience in their self-concept as a result of the migration process. As one of the key sending countries, the Philippines is an important case in the discussion of economic based mi Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:29:58 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279692/dissertation http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279670/Open-Door-Evaluaiton-Report-FINAL OPEN DOOR EVALUATION REPORT JUNE 2005 Prepared for the Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church by: Bart W. miles, PhD and Stephen Sills, PhD *Executive Summary The Open Door was established in 1967 and is located in a gymnasium at Fort Street Presbyterian Church. It serves the basic human needs of homeless men and women. This evaluation of the Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church was conducted at the request of John Heiss, Director of the Open Door not-for-profit corporation. The evaluation, conducted over a 7-month period (November 2004 to May 2005) by Dr. Bart W. Miles and Dr Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:26:33 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279670/Open-Door-Evaluaiton-Report-FINAL http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279630/Thesis-updated-10152002 Social, Economic and Symbolic Ties: An Analysis of Transnationalism In Mexican Communities By Stephen J. Sills A Thesis Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts Arizona State University December 2000 *ABSTRACT: Mass migration flows result from structural causes such as international wage differentials, relative stability of employment in destination countries, relative deprivation in sending countries and historical linkages between sending and receiving nations. Migration is equally a social phenomenon that affects individuals, families and whole Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:20:36 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279630/Thesis-updated-10152002 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279532/Ties-that-Protect Ties that Protect: An Ecological Perspective on Latino/a Urban Pre-Adolescent Drug Use Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Bart W. Miles, Patricia Dustman, School of Social Work and Stephen Sills, Sociology Department Arizona State University Key terms: resiliency, drug use, family, Latinos/as, Hispanics Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work Tempe, AZ August 6, 2002 Contact person: Dr. Flavio Francisco Marsiglia, Director Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Consortium, School of Social Work, Arizona State University P.O. Box 873711, Tempe, AZ 85287-3711 Tel. 480/965-6185; Fax: Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:52 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279532/Ties-that-Protect http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279529/Social-Establisment The Role of Social Establishment In Defining a Stigmatized Social Identity Bart W. Miles, School of Social Work, Arizona State University Scott W. Renshaw, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University Stephen J. Sills, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University Paper submitted to Symbolic Interaction December 2002. This paper results from the video documentary and ethnographic study “Street Life on Mill” with support from the Center for Urban Inquiry, Arizona State University. *Cut this when submitting: Keywords: .............................................................. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279529/Social-Establisment http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279531/Teaching-Philosophy Stephen Sills applicant to Sociology Full-Time Tenure Track Faculty position A Student Centered, Multi-Cultural & Interdisciplinary Teaching Philosophy Having taught for over ten years at all educational levels from kindergarten to university, and in as diverse settings as rural North Carolina, urban inner-city Seattle, and Taiwan and in institutions such as vocational high schools, language institutes, community colleges and in the traditional university setting, I have experienced a variety of students’ learning styles. The common thread through all of these experiences has been my commit Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:51 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279531/Teaching-Philosophy http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279528/RUNNERS-LUMPERS-AND-POLISHERS RUNNERS, LUMPERS AND POLISHERS: FACILITATORS OCCUPYING THE SOCIAL SPACE BETWEEN LONG-HUAL DRIVERS AND SUPPLIERS OF ILLICIT GOODS AND SERVICES. By Stephen Sills A Research Note on Serendipitous Findings in the Health Risks of Long Haul Truckers Pilot Study under the direction of Yorghos Apostolopoulos. Department of Sociology; Arizona State University. February – May, 2001. Prepared for Advanced Qualitative Methods (JUS 650); Justice Studies Department. Dr. John Johnson. May 3, 2001. 1 *INTRODUCTION I do for the trucker whatever the trucker needs…Truck drivers have needs. And sometime Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279528/RUNNERS-LUMPERS-AND-POLISHERS http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279527/Qualitative-Methods-Final-Report-Transnational-Studies Transnational Studies: An Evolving Discipline When migrant communities possess social and economic ties to the home country at the same time as having strong connections (pragmatic or idealistic) to the receiving country, the resulting social structure is what has been termed transnationalism. To understand the process by which transnational communities are formed, we must first grasp the significant aspects that shape the migration process. Traditionally, migrants have been categorized as those who "permanently or quasi-permanently" move from their home countries to a destination country (Par Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:49 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279527/Qualitative-Methods-Final-Report-Transnational-Studies http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279526/MIGRATION-AND-THE-RECONCEPTUALIZATION-OF-SELF MIGRATION AND THE RECONCEPTUALIZATION OF SELF Stephen J. Sills Department of Sociology Arizona State University Sociology 591 Social Psychology Dr. Miller-Loessi February 21, 2003 *“Well, it is very difficult [being Mexican in the US] because you must break with all of your social group. You really feel different. One can't feel as if you are truly N orth A merican because you just aren't. A nd, he really can't feel Mexican either because you are not within your circle. It ‘ s very difficult for me. “ – Alan 1 Today, there are more than 125 million individuals worldwide who reside o Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:48 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279526/MIGRATION-AND-THE-RECONCEPTUALIZATION-OF-SELF http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279525/ISS-Preliminary-Report International Student Survey Project: Summary of Preliminary findings With such a rapidly expanding pool of Internet users, a growing number of social science researchers have begun to take seriously the potential for the Internet as a tool for conducting scientific research. The ASU International Student Survey research project employed the emergent Internet survey methodologies to the task of studying international students at Arizona State University (roughly 7% of total enrollment). This project attempted to identify key determinants in the students’ decision to stay or return after comp Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:47 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279525/ISS-Preliminary-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279524/Identity-and-Development-of-Self IDENTITY AND DEVELOPMENT OF SELF FROM A CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE Stephen J. Sills Department of Sociology Arizona State University Sociology 591 Social Psychology Dr. Miller-Loessi February 20, 2003 *Identity and Development of Self from a Cross-Cultural Perspective SOCIAL psychology has, as a rule, dealt with various phases of social experience from the psychological standpoint of individual experience. The point of approach which I wish to suggest is that of dealing with experience from the standpoint of society… Social psychology, on this view, presupposes an approach to experience f Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:46 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279524/Identity-and-Development-of-Self http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279523/FACTORS-INFLUENCING-POSTSECONDARY-LIFE-CHOICES Factors Influencing Post-Secondary Life Choices INTRODUCTION Population growth in the United States in the last twenty-five years has been explained in large part by immigration [Fig. 1]. At the same time, educational attainment has steadily been rising since the 1940s [Fig. 2] leading to a kind of “degree inflation” in which ever higher educational attainment is required to meet the requirements of employers (Brunton 1999; Falkenberg 1996; Passeron 1982). This is evident as well in the disproportionate rate of increase of earnings for both males and females with a 4-year degree over all Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:45 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279523/FACTORS-INFLUENCING-POSTSECONDARY-LIFE-CHOICES http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279522/Durkheims-Sociological-Niche Durkheim’s Sociological Niche: An analysis of Durkheimian theory, method and substance as distinct from that of Marx and Weber. Stephen Sills 240-29-2692 Development of Sociology Dr. Bolin October 5, 1999 *Durkheim’s Sociological Niche Émile Durkheim attempted early in his career to establish an academic niche for his embryonic social science that would be distinct from its roots in moral philosophy and separate from its related, and already established, discipline psychology (Ritzer 184). “Almost single-handed [Durkheim] forced the academic community to accept sociology as a rigorous Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:42 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279522/Durkheims-Sociological-Niche http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279521/Transnational-Ties-in-Mexican-Communities TRANSNATIONAL TIES IN MEXICAN COMMUNITIES. Stephen J. Sills Department of Sociology Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 85287-2101 Tel: 480-965-3546 Stephen.Sills@asu.edu *TRANSNATIONAL TIES IN MEXICAN COMMUNITIES Abstract Migrants maintain social, economic and symbolic ties with the homeland while building networks that bridge physical and social distances. This study, set in a major Southwestern city in the United States, is an exploration the social, economic and symbolic ties of undocumented Mexican migrants to the homeland and receiving context. This analysis combines quantitative and q Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:59:41 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279521/Transnational-Ties-in-Mexican-Communities http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279379/Walmart Wal-Mart sweatshop worker speaking tour • Forced Labor • Minimum Wage Violations • Maternity Leave Violations • Overtime Violations • Health Care Violations • Right to Form Independent Unions Denied • Bathroom Break Violations Contact Dr. Stephen Sills Assistant Professor Sociology sjsills@uncg.edu SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT Friday October 6th, 2006 @ 2:00 – 4:00 pm Room 313 Frank Porter Graham Building (next to the Weatherspoon Art Museum on Spring Garden St.) The University of North Carolina Greensboro Wal-Mart is often portrayed in the media as having a streamlined supply chain Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:41:11 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279379/Walmart http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279378/Labor-Rights Workers’ Rights, Unionization, & Worker Safety The Labor Rights Movement at Smithfield Foods November 28, 2007 3:30 to 5:00 pm Workers’ Rights, Unionization, & Worker Safety Room 201 Science Building Many workers fear losing their jobs if they report injuries. Immigrant workers especially are vulnerable with pressure not to file injury reports. Numerous instances of abuse: union supporters spied on and suspended, threats to close the plant if a majority of the workers voted for the union, threats to deny pay raises and promotions and fire workers who voted for the union; threats to force Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:41:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279378/Labor-Rights http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279377/Immigrant-Reception-in-the-Triad Immigrant Reception in the Triad North Carolina's immigrant and refugee communities February, 20 2008 2:00 to 3:30 pm Ferguson Building Room 100 Guest speakers: Over the course of the past two decades the Triad area has become home to a large Latino population as well as thousands of Africans and Southeast Asians. This panel of presenters will discuss North Carolina's immigrant and refugee populations. They will address important questions about migration to the area: • North Carolina's immigrant and refugee communities Sara Carpenter Center for New North Carolinians Nafisa Sirelkhatim Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:41:09 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279377/Immigrant-Reception-in-the-Triad http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279375/Honors-Symposium Teaching in Honors: Innovative Ways of Being in the World Dr. Alexandra Schultheis, Department of English Dr. Stephen J. Sills, Department of Sociology Undergraduate Honors Symposium LLOYD INTERNATIONAL HONORS COLLEGE *Human Rights Awareness through Film *Human rights films make historical moments, abuses of power, and global inequalities available for scrutiny, debate, and recontextualization. Human rights films help us to imagine the suffering and pain of others and to recognize the effects of seemingly normative political and economic policies. Dialogue on human rights films may help us Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:40:55 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279375/Honors-Symposium http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279374/Workers-Rights Workers’ Rights, Unionization, & Worker Safety The Labor Rights Movement at Smithfield Foods Workers’ Rights, Unionization, & Worker Safety Many workers fear losing their jobs if they report injuries. Immigrant workers especially are vulnerable with pressure not to file injury reports. Numerous instances of abuse: union supporters spied on and suspended, threats to close the plant if a majority of the workers voted for the union, threats to deny pay raises and promotions and fire workers who voted for the union; threats to force a strike, fire strikers and blacklist them in the industry, Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:40:33 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279374/Workers-Rights http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279309/Syllabus-Soc-140 Instructor: Stephen Sills Section: 1684 Location: 17N Class Times: TR 07:10 PM - 09:50 PM Email: Stephen.Sills@asu.edu Required Text: Ferrante & Brown (2001) The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States 2ed 1 SOC 140 Course Description: Contemporary racial and ethnic intergroup relations emphasizing cultural origins, developments, and problems of minority groups in the United States. Prerequisites: None. Goals and Objectives: Evaluating what you understand will happen in daily assignments, exams and your reaction papers. There are 1000 pts available. Grades are will be Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:22:12 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279309/Syllabus-Soc-140 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279278/Syllabus-391 Instructor: Stephen Sills Section: 22125 Location: SS308 Class Times: Tuesday 6:05-8:55 PM Office Hours: SS309 T 4:00 to 6:00 Email: Stephen.Sills@asu.edu Required Text: Babbie, Earl (2002) The Basics of Social Research 2nd Edition SOC 391 Social Research Catalog Course Description: Methods of sociological research, including the fundamental assumptions underlying research and some practical experience in research design, data collection techniques, and data analysis. Prerequisites: both SOC 101 (or 301) and 390 or only instructor approval. Important Websites Class Website: http://www.public. Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:16:13 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279278/Syllabus-391 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279242/Sociology-301-syllabus-Fall-2007 Sociology 301 Introduction to Methods and Research Dr. Stephen Sills sjsills@uncg.edu SOC 301 02 WI Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: MWF 10:00-12:00 Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Location: GRAM 424 Class Times: T R 0930 -1045 Required Text: Earl R. Babbie The Basics of Social Research ThomsonWadsworth 4th Edition ©2008 ISBN: 0495094684 ISBN13: 9780495094685 Supplemental Text: William M.K. Trochim 2006 Research Methods Knowledge Base http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/k b/contents.htm This course is intended to be a practical survey of research methods. Instruction w Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:09:03 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279242/Sociology-301-syllabus-Fall-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279233/Survey-Soc-301FINAL Course Number: SOC________  Soc 301 Research Methods   Research Methods Survey  Please help us by completing the following brief survey. Your answers will help us to develop a better  understanding of students at UNCG. Results will be used for the purposes of instruction in Soc 301  Research Methods. Your answers will be anonymous. Your name or identification will not be associated  in any way with the data or results. You may choose not to answer a question, or not to participate  without penalty.    1. 2. H Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:07:03 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279233/Survey-Soc-301FINAL http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279227/Syllabus-Soc-344-Fall-07-Sills Sociology 344 Global Society Dr. Stephen Sills sjsills@uncg.edu 344-01 Global Society (3:3) GE Marker: GL Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: M W F 900-1100 Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Location: GRAM 302 Class Times: T R 1100 - 1215 Required Texts: Steger, Manfred. (2003) Globalization: A Very Short Introduction Oxford University Press, USA. Eitzen, D. Stanley and Baca Zinn, Maxine (2006) Globalization: the transformation of Social Worlds Thomson/Wadsworth, USA. Course Description: Pr. 101 and two additional sociology courses or permission of instructor . Examines the in Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:06:02 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279227/Syllabus-Soc-344-Fall-07-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279224/Online-Course-Development-Proposal Online Course Development Proposal The following course summary outlines an online course (tentatively entitled Visualizing Globalization in Everyday Life) that is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing upon the Social Sciences (Anthropology, Sociology, and Political Science), Communications/Media Studies, Art, and Documentary Photography. 1 The course is designed to engage students as they develop an understating of how evidence of globalization and globalizing processes can be seen in their daily lives. The proposed course recognizes the complexity of the world, infusing global issues in a loc Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:05:14 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279224/Online-Course-Development-Proposal http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279184/Final-Syllabus-12222007 HSS 208-02 Sem in Soc Beh Sci-Global Iden The Triad's Global Identity: Visual Ethnography of North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities Images. They are so compelling that we cannot not watch them. They are so seductive that they have revolutionized human social communication. Oral and written communication are in decline because a new form of communication, communication by image, has emerged. Power of Images: Creating the Myths of Our Time By J. Francis Davis 14-JAN-2008 to 06-MAY-2008 Stephen J. Sills PhD sjsills@uncg.edu 3 SEM GSB.H M W 1400-1515 Office: GRAM 320 Office Hours: T TH 1300 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:59:39 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279184/Final-Syllabus-12222007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279160/Proposal-Asian-Studies-Gender-Labor-and-Migration-in-Southeast-Asia Sills Asian Studies Course Development Proposal: Gender, Labor and Migration in Southeast Asia Labor migration has been depicted as a South-North movement of men in search of work. Participation of women in international migration has been traditionally characterized as the “trailing spouse” of a husband who has found permanent placement in a receiving country. As statistical evidence of the movement of women has become more precise, this myth has been dispelled (Zlotnik 1998). Recent UN estimates show that 51% of migrants today are female. The following course proposal, tentatively entitl Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:54:50 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279160/Proposal-Asian-Studies-Gender-Labor-and-Migration-in-Southeast-Asia http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279098/SOC-375-International-Field-Research-Course-proposal-FINAL- Flow Sheet for Curricular Requests (Form A) 1. SOC375 Course Number Stephen J. Sills Contact Person 4-3696 Telephone 2. _______________ Date _________________________________________________________ Chair, Department Curriculum Committee (if applicable) 3. _______________ Date _________________________________________________________ Chair, Academic Unit (College/School Curriculum Committee) 4. ____________ ____________________________________________ Chair, The Teachers Academy (if applicable) Date APPROVAL BY GSC OR UCC ____________ DATE APPROVED ____________________________ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:49:17 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279098/SOC-375-International-Field-Research-Course-proposal-FINAL- http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279053/Soc212 Instructor: Stephen Sills Section: 1717/ 1718 Location: MCC Email: Stephen.Sills@asu.edu Required Text: Women, Men & Society 5/e by Renzetti & Curran SOC 212 Women and Men in a Changing Society Course Description: A study of the way culture shapes and defines the positions and roles of both men and women in society. Major emphasis on social conditions which may lead to a broadening of sex roles and a reduction of sex-role stereotypes and the implications of these changes. Open to both men and women. Prerequisites: None. Evaluation: Evaluating what you understand will happen in short assignmen Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:40:32 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279053/Soc212 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279031/Syllabus-Soc-202-Spring-08-Sills-122207 Social Problems in Global Context Soc 202 Social Problems in Global Context GE Core: GSB GE Marker: GL Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Email: sjsills@uncg.edu Office: GRAM 204 Office Hours: T R 1:00-3:00 Class Times: M W F 1:00-1:50 Required Text: Sernau, Scott (2005) "Global Problems: the Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability.” Pearson Education Course Description: This course examines causes of and responses to critical social problems in different world regions with a focus on the dimensions and impacts of globalization. This course is designed to introduce you to the basic concepts t Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:35:10 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2279031/Syllabus-Soc-202-Spring-08-Sills-122207 http://www.scribd.com/doc/2278999/Syllabus-Soc-616-Spring-08-Sills   Sociology 616  Instructor: Stephen J. Sills Office: Graham Building 320  Office Hours: T/TH 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm & by  appointment  Email: sjsills@uncg.edu   Location: Graham Building 402  Class Times: M 6:00 pm ‐ 8:50 pm  Texts: No required text; all required readings online or in  course reserves  Advanced Research Methods  WEEK 1 Date 14-Jan 21-Jan 2 3 4 5 28-Jan 4-Feb 11-Feb 18-Feb 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 25-Feb 3-Mar 10-Mar 17-Mar 24-Mar 31-Mar 7-Apr 14-Apr 21-Apr 28-Apr 5-Apr 7-May Topics Training/ Research Activity Introduc Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:30:20 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2278999/Syllabus-Soc-616-Spring-08-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/2278992/Soc101-Sills Course: Soc 101 Semester: Spring 2004 Section: 6658 Location: Red Mountain Class Times: TH 7:10 to 9:50PM SOCIOLOGY 101 Instructor: Stephen Sills Email: Stephen.Sills@asu.edu Required Texts: Macionis, John. Society the Basics 7th Edition Introduction to Sociology (3 cr, 3 per); Fundamental concepts of social organization, culture, socialization, social institutions and social change. Prerequisites: None. Course Description: This course is designed to introduce you to the basic concepts that sociologists use to analyze various aspects of social life. The goal is not to have you accumulate "fa Fri, 14 Mar 2008 14:28:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2278992/Soc101-Sills http://www.scribd.com/doc/2273901/Labor-Rights Workers’ Rights, Unionization, & Worker Safety The Labor Rights Movement at Smithfield Foods November 28, 2007 3:30 to 5:00 pm Workers’ Rights, Unionization, & Worker Safety Room 201 Science Building Many workers fear losing their jobs if they report injuries. Immigrant workers especially are vulnerable with pressure not to file injury reports. Numerous instances of abuse: union supporters spied on and suspended, threats to close the plant if a majority of the workers voted for the union, threats to deny pay raises and promotions and fire workers who voted for the union; threats to force Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:42:17 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/2273901/Labor-Rights http://www.scribd.com/doc/1034609/Group-Reports-Soc-301-Global-Awareness-at-UNCG    Global Awareness of  Students at The University  of North Carolina  A Research Analysis    Shelby Ervin  Amanda Watson  Chris Johnson  Ashley Johnson  Miranda Freeman  Jason Nicoletta  12/13/2007          *From August to November of 2007, our team of students undertook a research project to examine the level of global awareness among students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Our team wanted to test the hypothesis, students who have been exposed to global experiences are more aware of global issues and concerns than those who have not b Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:00:53 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/1034609/Group-Reports-Soc-301-Global-Awareness-at-UNCG http://www.scribd.com/doc/905207/Group-3-Final-Report Social Distance and the Openness of UNCG Student to Foreign Born Populations Casey Strange, Alex Fitz-Gerald, Meme Keophine, Kyana Ferguson, Laura Harris SOC 301 December 7, 2007 *Social Distance and the Openness of UNCG Student to Foreign Born Populations The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is hailed as the most diverse campus in the UNC system (collegeboard.com 2007). We currently boast a minority population of about 36%, according to the university profile on collegeboard.com. The campus has a highly active immigrant population which includes clubs and other organizations, such Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:23:24 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/905207/Group-3-Final-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/905206/Group-2-Report Sociology 301 Dr. Sills What University Resources Promote Global Awareness and Are UNCG Students  Aware of These Resources? Paul Smith, Krystal Carrigan, Stephen Maloy, Robert Norris *2 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………..3 Cumulative Literature Review…………………………………………………………….5 Methodology……………………………………………………………………………..14 Qualitative Methods……………………………… Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:23:23 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/905206/Group-2-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/905205/Group-1-Report Global Awareness of Students at The University of North Carolina A Research Analysis Shelby Ervin Amanda Watson Chris Johnson Ashley Johnson Miranda Freeman Jason Nicoletta 12/13/2007 *From August to November of 2007, our team of students undertook a research project to examine the level of global awareness among students at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Our team wanted to test the hypothesis, students who have been exposed to global experiences are more aware of global issues and concerns than those who have not been exposed to such experiences. This report is going to prov Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:23:22 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/905205/Group-1-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/905151/Globalization-Photos The History of Globalization The Early Modern Period 1500-1750 Amanda Watson * The early modern period was the time between the Enlightenment and the Renaissance. During the early modern period, there was the creation of new types of government, travel, the global spread of religion (mostly Christianity and Islam), and the global spread of disease.  * Sovereignty was created during this time period. The European civilization was the only one to send travelers throughout the world to build up knowledge about the languages, religions, customs, and political orders of other countrie Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:59:05 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/905151/Globalization-Photos http://www.scribd.com/doc/905094/Group-3-Final-Report Social Distance and the Openness of UNCG Student to Foreign Born Populations Casey Strange, Alex Fitz-Gerald, Meme Keophine, Kyana Ferguson, Laura Harris SOC 301 December 7, 2007 *Social Distance and the Openness of UNCG Student to Foreign Born Populations The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is hailed as the most diverse campus in the UNC system (collegeboard.com 2007). We currently boast a minority population of about 36%, according to the university profile on collegeboard.com. The campus has a highly active immigrant population which includes clubs and other organizations, such Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:01:00 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/905094/Group-3-Final-Report http://www.scribd.com/doc/813797/Student-presentations-Day-2-Soc-202 Student Presentations Soc 202 Day 2 *Conflicts with Women and Children in Global Society. By Leslie White *Major Issues in this Topic      Child Trafficking in Ghana China’s One Child Policy Children in Military Child Brides Women in Military in Mexico *Notice a Pattern?  Most of the articles that were found mostly consisted of issues with children.  Child trafficking, labor, one child policies, prostitution and child brides are a huge problem throughout the world.  If this isn’t stopped, what could become of our future? *Can it change?  Crimes against c Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:38:28 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/813797/Student-presentations-Day-2-Soc-202 http://www.scribd.com/doc/813382/Student-presentations-Day-1-Soc-202 Student Presentations Soc 202 Day 1 *• YOU MUST EMAIL YOUR PRESENTATION (PPT) TO SJSILLS@UNCG THE DAY BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATION IS TO BE PRESENTED (BY 5 PM) Current Events Presentations: During the last week of class you will present 3 Power Point slides recapping the major current events in your topic area. The class will be involved in scoring your presentation. A selection of test questions on the final exam will be generated from these presentations. This assignment is worth a total of 100 points (10%of final grade - 50pts from Sills, 40pts from class, 10pts from your participation in s Thu, 06 Dec 2007 04:18:24 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/813382/Student-presentations-Day-1-Soc-202 http://www.scribd.com/doc/97503/Recruitment-Poster-Revised-412007 ASSISTANTS NEEDED FOR RESEARCH ON HOUSING We are looking for research assistants to take part in a study of rental housing in the Greensboro area. As a research assistant in this study, you would be asked to: Complete an application form; attend a two to three hour training on “how to conduct fair housing audits,” and assist in conducting testing of a random selection of rental properties in the Greensboro area. Each test would last for about 30 minutes with an additional 30 to 45 minutes to complete a report form. Each auditor will assist in up to six tests over the course of eight weeks. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:50:01 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/97503/Recruitment-Poster-Revised-412007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/88783/Sills-CV-May-2007 Stephen J. Sills Curriculum Vitae Sociology Department University of North Carolina at Greensboro 312 Frank Porter Graham Building, Greensboro, NC 27402‐6170 Main areas of specialization Thematic: Globalization, Migration, Transnationalism Geographic: Southeast Asia, Central America, Mexico Methodological: Mixed Methods, Evaluation, Online Surveys, Visual Ethnography Current academic appointment Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina Greensboro Appointments and affiliations 2006 ‐ Present 2005 ‐ 2006 2004 ‐ 2005 2001 ‐ 2004 2001 ‐ 2004 2001 2000 ‐ 2001 200 Tue, 29 May 2007 18:48:22 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/88783/Sills-CV-May-2007 http://www.scribd.com/doc/81049/Dissertation TRANSNATIONALIZING THE SELF: MARGINALIZED FILIPINO LABOR MIGRANTS IN TAIWAN by Stephen J. Sills A Dissertation Presented in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY May 2004 **ABSTRACT Starting from the point of view of the migrant, this study attempts to document the  everyday experience of labor migrants and to analyze the transition that the laborers  experience in their self­concept as a result of the migration process. As one of the key  sending countries, the Philippines is an Thu, 24 May 2007 20:59:44 GMT http://www.scribd.com/doc/81049/Dissertation